Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt SLAPPED DOWN as he tries to snatch EU President job

Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt SLAPPED DOWN as he tries to snatch EU President job

CHIEF Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt’s dream of becoming the next president of the European Parliament have gone up in flames after he was slapped down by socialists he was trying to butter up as allies.

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Coupled with the S&D’s 189 seats, the Belgian would still be short but would only need the backing of some smaller parties and dissidents from the centre-right - and largest party - the European People’s Party’s (EPP).

But the S&D’s leader and socialist candidate Gianni Pittella has rejected any “under-the-table” deal to pave the way for Mr Verhofstadt.

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Spokesman for Mr Pitella, Jan Bernas, said that the S&D leader intended to become president himself.

Mr Bernas said: “President Pittella has received unanimous support from the whole of the Group to run until the very end of the electoral process and to become the next president of the European Parliament.